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In response to the posts made by both delaro and davegr, I would say that a spammer could register, and post, either automatically or manually.But after the security software installed today, both should be considerably more difficult now.

However, IMHO it is more likely that the actual posting is being done manually, as the time intervals between posts would be much shorter - were the whole process fully automated.

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I am very pleased to report that we have made good progress with dealing with spammers registering here to abuse the open nature of a forum.

Although we have suffered a plague of spam posts here over the past fortnight, none have been made by newly registered members.

I have personally tested the registration system, and I was appropriately refused an account when I mimicked the actions of a spammer.

I have also seen guests looking in here, and when I have tracked them online, the software shows me that they attempted to register here, but were similarly refused an account.So I am confident that the software that has been installed is guarding us well currently.

Nobody can be confident that things might not change again one day, but for the time being, I believe that Moderators and Admin can relax a little, and enjoy a period of calm.

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